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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Direct and indirect financing of family planning programs: project grants

and reimbursement mechanisms.

AUTHORS

Shultz CS; Martin ML

SOURCE

Family Planning Perspectives 5(4):202-208. Fall 1973.

ABSTRACT

This article is an analysis of the likely consequences of one proposed mechanism for implementing new federal

policy in the delivery of family planning services by tying the financing into state-administered public welfare

systems, specifically through SSA Titles XIX and IV-A. These were amended by Congress in 1972 to provide

federal reimbursements for 90% of all expenditures related to the offering, arranging and furnishing of family services

and supplies. Title IV-A is intended primarily for support of social services; whereas Title XIX is intended for

support of medical services. However, regulations permit financing of family planning medical services under Title

IV-A. Under these regulations, the states must provide family planning services for all current AFDC recipients

(married or unmarried, including sexually active minors) who want these services. The minimum number eligible for

AFDC and at risk of unwanted pregnancy is probably an average of 1.8 million women. Table 1 presents the

maximum annual income levels that families of 1, 2 and 4 could have in each state and still be potentially eligible for

Title IV-A family planning services; Table 2, distribution of states according to annual family income cutoffs; Table

3, the estimated maximum number of women ages 15-44 at risk of unwanted pregnancy and potentially eligible under

Title IV-A regulations. The number of eligible individuals under Medicaid (Title XIX) is smaller because elibility

requirements are stricter. The future impact of these mechanisms cannot be gauged accurately because it depends

on the ability and willingness of the states to utilize these reimbursement mechanisms effectively. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT8T 540-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Direct and indirect financing of family planning programs:

project grants and reimbursement mechanisms.", is(are) Shultz CS; Martin ML. The source of this article is "Family

Planning Perspectives 5(4):202-208. Fall 1973.". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s).

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